As the discharge date for the 2024 matric outcomes approaches, extra celebrities, together with Mmusi Maimane, have joined the heated debate surrounding the publication of the outcomes and the cross mark.
MMUSI MAIMANE CRITICISES THE CURRENT PASS MARK
BOSA chief Mmusi Maimane has argued {that a} 30% cross after 12 years of training just isn’t a cross mark.
The politician shared his views on X (previously referred to as Twitter) because the 2024 matric outcomes are to be launched on Tuesday, January 14.
Maimane has been advocating elevating the cross price to 50%.
He said on X that the present reporting of matric outcomes is deceptive, asserting:
“The reporting on matric outcomes is predicated on a lie. 30% just isn’t a cross mark. 40% just isn’t a cross mark.”
BOSA STARTS A PETITION TO CALL FOR THE INCREASE IN MATRIC PASS MARK
In help of this trigger, BOSA has launched a petition calling for a rise within the cross mark, which has already gathered over 13,000 signatures.
“We name on Minister of Fundamental Schooling, Siviwe Gwarube, to decide to scrapping this low customary and growing the matric cross mark to 50%.
“We should equip our younger folks to compete and win within the international economic system. They usually can with high quality training. This begins by upping the matric cross mark,” states the petition.
X USERS REACT
X customers weighed in on the dialogue.
@JacquesBlaauw6, “That is the reality; telling somebody they’ve succeeded once they have really failed units them up for a lifetime of failure.”
@Wonder_sylvia wrote: “It contributes to the low IQ price in South Africa. It’s the right recipe if you wish to run a rustic on deceit.”
@Llunga18 wrote: “50% is the one cross mark full cease.”
@BnmSa91203 wrote: “It was finished on goal to create domkops in order that nobody would have the capability to query them.”
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